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Ezra 4:3-5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Ezra 4:3-5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
3 But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of families in Israel said to them, “You shall have no part with us in building a house for our God, but we alone will build for the Lord, the God of Israel, as King Cyrus of Persia has commanded us.”(A)
4 Then the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah and made them afraid to build,(B) 5 and they bribed officials to frustrate their plan throughout the reign of King Cyrus of Persia and until the reign of King Darius of Persia.
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